Portrait Drawing Lessons:
The Beauty of Line - Part 3

There are, generally speaking, five types of line drawing: contour, blind contour, continuous, gesture and constructive. Each type of line drawing expresses its own language in terms of movement, rhythm, proportion and density.

A line drawing is not meant to fully describe an object’s form (whether it be a still life, landscape or portrait), but instead serves to capture the distilled elements and characteristics of the subject.

Picasso, Les Moissonneurs, 1919

Contour Line Drawing

The contour line expresses weight by using a heavier line and, conversely, delicacy with a light line. Perspective is also suggested with line

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